2019
Systematic and standardized comparison of reported amyloid-β receptors for sufficiency, affinity, and Alzheimer's disease relevance
Smith LM, Kostylev MA, Lee S, Strittmatter SM. Systematic and standardized comparison of reported amyloid-β receptors for sufficiency, affinity, and Alzheimer's disease relevance. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2019, 294: 6042-6053. PMID: 30787106, PMCID: PMC6463724, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.006252.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseAD brainLeukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptorsNogo receptor 1Human AD brainsImmunoglobulin-like receptorsB member 2Brains of individualsReceptor candidatesSoluble AβOsDisease relevanceCell surface expressionHippocampal neuronsMouse modelSynthetic AβAβO bindingMemory impairmentReceptor 1Cellular prion proteinNeuronal synapsesNgR1Molecular pathologyAβAβ speciesMember 2
2018
Liquid and Hydrogel Phases of PrPC Linked to Conformation Shifts and Triggered by Alzheimer’s Amyloid-β Oligomers
Kostylev MA, Tuttle MD, Lee S, Klein LE, Takahashi H, Cox TO, Gunther EC, Zilm KW, Strittmatter SM. Liquid and Hydrogel Phases of PrPC Linked to Conformation Shifts and Triggered by Alzheimer’s Amyloid-β Oligomers. Molecular Cell 2018, 72: 426-443.e12. PMID: 30401430, PMCID: PMC6226277, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.10.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmino-terminal GlyCellular prion proteinProtein phase separationAmyloid-β OligomersPlasma membraneMembraneless organellesAla residuesRecombinant PrPPrion proteinCell surfaceConformation shiftConformational transitionHelical conformationAβ speciesPrPSupSpongiform degenerationEndogenous AβOsOrganellesPrPCSuch domainsSpeciesDomainProteinAβOs